Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 13:05:49 -0500 From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> To: "Dixit, Viraj" <Viraj.Dixit@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SU Question Message-ID: <20050512180549.GH2567@dan.emsphone.com> In-Reply-To: <A3114C5FA7BA8E4B8F20A198F89917503E7614@xiris.staff.copa> References: <A3114C5FA7BA8E4B8F20A198F89917503E7614@xiris.staff.copa>
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In the last episode (May 12), Dixit, Viraj said: > I am getting this error message when I try to logon using "su" > command through Telnet remotely. All this started when I accidentally > changed permissions, since then all permissions have been restored, > yet the same error. > % su > Password: > su: setting user context: Operation not permitted Check the permissions on /usr/bin/su. They should be -r-sr-xr-x If they aren't, run "chmod a=rx,u+s /usr/bin/su" as root to fix it. You'll probably need to do this directly from the console, since you can't use su :) -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com
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